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Great War Puppetry

Great War Puppetry. What is it?. A phrase that Mr Healey came up with to describe a phenomenon observed in the films Do not assume your examiners know it You will need to introduce it and explain it…. How do I use it?.

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Great War Puppetry

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  1. Great War Puppetry

  2. What is it? • A phrase that Mr Healey came up with to describe a phenomenon observed in the films • Do not assume your examiners know it • You will need to introduce it and explain it…

  3. How do I use it? • Introduce it through Caligari and through the idea of püppe– a word meaning both puppet and dummy • Caligari controls Cesare like a marionette (sticks); he controls him to kill • A puppet has no control over his actions • Soldiers in the trenches had no control over their lives; they were forced to kill or be executed • This lack of control in the Great War is mimicked in expressionist films; Caligari provides an excellent example of this…

  4. Other instances • In Nosferatu – Knock (and to a lesser extent: Hutter) are manipulated and controlled by Orlock with the promise of money (first scene where Knock tells Hutter it will cost him a little blood)… • In Metropolis – the expendability of the workforce in the Moloch scene resembles the expendability of the soldiers in the trenches

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